A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

continues Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 11.8 6 19.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3023 4 2 0 1 0
Number of authors19 14 2 2 1

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tal yiss o Scots continued an continues. Again this is somethin ither on page 37

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ma likin" he says, before he continues: "Free bus fare, preferential on page 38
he excuses himself. Before he continues tae circulate the room. Leavi on page 50
Aldo continues oan wae his tirade. "A couple on page 137

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Gilberto Isella (1943-) continues the Swiss ecological tradeeti on page 5

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
es. This is how its exponents continues tae haud for its intergovernm on page 18

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ial place stories,' Mrs Smith continues. 'We're going to do a close r on page 43

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
gree raxin back centuries, it continues tae hae a distinctive impact on page 3
10 an the Scottish Government continues tae act in accordance wi thir on page 4

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Look at the state o hur!' Maw continues, ignorin them. on page 2
ve got a fake accent,' Granny continues. 'Stop actin like ye're somma on page 29
me started oan yer eyes,' she continues. 'Did ye never learn tae put on page 30

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
'Richt!' he continues. 'But first!' on page 72

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
g Summer Days', John Docherty continues ti praisent the memories o hi on page 7

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Scotland the John Muir Trust5 continues his wark ti presairve wul lau
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
as a means o pushin sales and continues tae the present day. The 1845
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t me wae a burnin contempt an continues oan her waiy.
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
phy as Scottish Labour leader continues Blair’s ‘Neo-Laboural’
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Danny continues oan as if this boay should be
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ed? Yae ken, mate…’’ he continues ‘’Me and Justine wid love
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
need for you to cry’’ he continues ‘’You have IBS, as I susp
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@billykayscot tweeted
et @Mhairi_53 @OorVyce Gin it continues wioot status an recognition b(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
eanwhile the stock car racing continues at lochgelly in fife (2020) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Expo, in 1958, the 'Atomium' continues tae be an affa popular touris on page 13
he 20th century in Europe, an continues tae be a favourite o mony fow on page 14

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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
elp, the issue o hamelessness continues tae exist in Scotland. Gordon
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@Franwella tweeted
t noo even mare so. I hope it continues lang efter ‘ese days come ta(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The left wan continues on page 107

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ness – in pieces whar Scots continues tae be spoken by the majority
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer walk continues in solitude on page 15

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